this is in alternative with Michael born in Salford PA
"The first Ziegler documented in North America was in 1622. His name was George [1], or was it Hans [2]? However, "the traditional 'three brothers' are said to have founded the family in America. Two of the brothers, Michael and Melchior, settled in eastern Pennsylvania." [3] No information is given about the third founding Ziegler brother, and he is, unfortunately, not mentioned by name. I descend from the emigrant, Michael Ziegler.
"Where do these brothers come from?" The answer to this question still remains a mystery. The specific link to a European city/area has not been made to my knowledge, though many have researched it.
Our Ziegler family came, most likely, from the Palatinate, a name given to a district in southern Germany which lay west of the Rhine River. This is based on the following two accounts:#1) It is generally believed that the Michael Ziegler who embarked with the first party of Palatine emigrants in May of 1709 is our ancestor. [4] and #2) In his diary, the Rev. John Henry Helffrich writes, "The first settlers of this congregation were a small party of that started together from the Palatinate." [5] Melchior Ziegler, may have been among them.
Though these Ziegler brothers may have lived in and departed from the Palatinate they may have previously migrated to the Palatinate from Switzerland."